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The Riot Grrrl Collection spreads girl germs of the '90s movement

The Riot Grrrl Collection edited by Lisa Darms, Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman. The Feminist Press at CUNY. Paperback, 368 pages. $34.
The cover of The Riot Grrrl Collection

"What we do is secret." That motto is scrawled more than once in the fanzines assembled in The Riot Grrrl Collection, this first-ever collection of writings and artwork from Riot Grrrl, the early '90s punk-based feminist movement whose critique of boy-centrism in music and art circles was co-opted by the Spice Girls, then resurrected by Pussy Riot.